21Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is the requirement of the law that the Lord gave Moses:


In Context

18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

19 "All of you who have killed anyone or touched anyone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives.

20 Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood."

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is the requirement of the law that the Lord gave Moses:

22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead

23 and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.

Numbers 31:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:21Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that had fought, in this manner: This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord hath commanded Moses:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded Moses:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, |This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:21And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, 'This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:21And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;